There is a thinking in primordial images, in symbols which are older t…

Carl Jung
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There is a thinking in primordial images, in symbols which are older than the historical man, which are inborn in him from the earliest times, eternally living, outlasting all generations, still make up the groundwork of the human psyche. It is only possible to live the fullest life when we are in harmony with these symbols; wisdom is a return to them. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung (1960). The structure and dynamics of the psyche
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